GOTHAM: Robin Lord Taylor Teases The First Meeting Between 'Penguin' & 'Riddler'

This will be really cool to see. And yeah, where has Bruce been anyways?

Oh yeah, we've had 2 straight episodes of no Bruce I think. Wow.

LOL!
The show is great full of also great adult characters BUT we miss a little kid.

It's still a little over the top for me with the blossoming Batman mythos while Bruce isn't even a teenager.

I love Cobblepot, and think his presence and role make sense. I don't, however, really feel the same about Nygma (I like the character, but his Riddler-ness is a little too thick at times).

I have come to accept Cat...girl, but her being buddies with Lil' Poison Ivy is too much for me.

It's one thing to make Harvey Bullock Gordon's older partner, but a mentally unstable, coin flipping Harvey Dent at this point takes it too far for me.


Still, I have come to enjoy the show more over the last few episodes. Donal Logue as Bullock is great ("You think you were being careful SO FAR?"). I've started to really like this version of Alfred. Even young Bruce and Selina are kind of growing on me. Still hate Fish, but Falcone is a damn interesting character. And Robin Lord Taylor as Penguin is the star of this show anyways.

Falcone stopped messing around since last weeks episode.

Part of me does hope that as they progress, especially into Season 2, they concentrate the show on Gordon and Penguin and their positions on opposing sides of the law. Have Bruce and Alfred as supporting characters with their own subplot, but don't bother with the rest of the pre-villains. The parallel rise to power of both Penguin and Gordon either side of the legal system are interesting enough to carry the show without the gimmicky, watered down villain prototypes, while the growth of Bruce from scared and troubled orphan to someone who's ready to go off and train and start becoming Batman is a huge bonus. Those three tangents alone are enough to carry maybe five high quality seasons of TV.

Having said that, it'd be great (based on how things seem to be going) if Riddler and Penguin actually do end up having good chemistry together. Plus, it'd give Penguin an inside man in the GCPD, so that could be advantageous story-wise, while perhaps delaying the need for him to go full-Riddler. If they can tone down the pre-villains in the show and give them an actual purpose to the series, rather than a villain-of-the-week formula or pointless cameo, then this could be a great series.

@yingyangpalms

Robin Lord Taylor was good in his small role in Accepted. Despite what you may think of the trailer, it's actually funny. Even if the plot is exactly like Camp Nowhere.


Of course his character is NOTHING like Penguin. Almost the exact opposite, so his growth as an actor is worth mentioning and the recognition. Jonah Hill is in it and he's now a two-time Oscar nominated actor.

You know, Riddler could be the season 2 big bad. He starts a series of weird murders, using traps that are flawed, even ineffective. Even getting a scape goat when Gordon gets too close, then deciding to lay low until someone (batman) shows up to challenge him

But anyway, this meeting will probably be the start of Edwards turn to the Riddler.

Yes or no, would Mr. Freeze be a good villain for the show in the future?

In other DC news


threes fibson must've visited WB today

Todd macfarlane drew this http://instagram.com/p/yQacVxIZrs/?modal=true for him.


"Good luck today"

That's better

@MyNameIsKhan

Yeah, but they're, you know, kids now. The Waynes haven't even been dead for a year. Bruce and Selina being childhood friends... ooooookay, they can have that one. But does the whole thing really gain much by having them know an already deeply messed up small Ivy at this point? That's turning it a little too much into (pre-)high-school Smallville territory for my personal taste.

I just think the show would be better with an even stronger focus on the mob and corruption angles, and with less obvious mythos foreshadowing when Batman is still at least a decade away. Penguin fits great into all that, elemantary school Ivy less so. But that might just be me, and I still enjoy the show more than I thougt I would. :)

@SymbioteJoker yea that probably would be a better idea, like I said in an earlier Gotham post, certain villains like Ra s Al Ghul(even though he's on Arrow I understand) I can only see Batman fighting. My list would be: Scarecrow, Killer Croc, Hugo Strange, Two Face, and sort of tease The Joker until the show ends, then bring Joker over to a potential Batman tv show-should it ever be made.

Wait a second they can meet on the show? Why didn't I think of that before?

This is gonna be epic!

I love the show, the only thing I think they misjudged was how quickly the story would progress. I mean we have Penguin and Riddler on track to becoming who they are and Bruce still seems 5+ years away from bein Bats. Seems like in 5 years the villains would have all become well established. I think Bruce should have been like 2-3 years away and this would make more sense timeline wise for me.

They will probably SORAS Bruce and Selina in the forseeable future @Batman89mk